IN SWEDISH HOMES.
ANCIENT CUSTOMS. . In Sweden so much lime is spent, indoors during the winter months that Swedish folk spare no effort to make their homes as comfortable and beautiful as Ihoy can possibly be. In fact, the phrase, " An Englishman's house is his castle," might well apply to the people of Sweden.
This is a fact, one cannot help observing,' even in the humblest of Swedish homes. The sense of personal comfort is most highly developed in these people; they " do themselves well " in every way, and insist upon having the best of everything.
Another thing which plays a very large part in Swedish home decoration, despite tho fact that cheap electricity is everywhere available, is the wax candle. The candle is so closely associated with a number <sf ancient Swedish customs that no home can he without several fine "company candlesticks" for festive occasions.
Many of these are made of pewter, handbeaten silver, or wrought iron. Often they are copies of very ancient models discovered in excavations by antiquarians.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20868, 9 May 1931, Page 6 (Supplement)
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172IN SWEDISH HOMES. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20868, 9 May 1931, Page 6 (Supplement)
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